The Ultimate Recycling Material as Wallpaper Quiz

We all want to do our part to help the environment, but we also want to enjoy a high standard of living. Is there a way to produce an environmentally friendly product such as wallpaper? With a little innovation, we can enjoy the little things in life without feeling like we're destroying the planet. Take our quiz to learn more about making wallpaper from recycled products.

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Question 1 of 15

Wallpaper made in the 19th century contained which of these poisonous chemicals?

arsenic

Arsenic was used for many years to help bring out the natural color in many items, such as wallpaper.

hemlock

cyanide

Question 2 of 15

Which famous conqueror likely died as a result of arsenic-treated wallpaper?

Julius Caesar

Genghis Khan

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon loved to decorate his palaces with bright, colorful wallpaper. The arsenic that wallpaper contained is the likely culprit behind his poisoning.

Question 3 of 15

Which is one of the more common materials for modern wallpaper?

cotton

vinyl

Don't let the word paper fool you -- wallpaper is often made of vinyl, which is not an organic material.

paper

Question 4 of 15

What is vinyl made out of?

cotton

silk

petroleum

Vinyl is a petroleum-based plastic, which makes it rather unfriendly to the environment.

Question 5 of 15

What is a VOC?

venomous organism count

volatile organic compound

A volatile organic compound is a chemical that emits harmful vapors. Vinyl is one such example.

vaporous offensive chemical

Question 6 of 15

What is the environmental danger of producing pulp for wallpaper?

The pulp for wallpaper comes from endangered trees.

The pulp for wallpaper comes from the rainforest.

The pulp for wallpaper comes from virgin timber.

The pulp used to produce wallpaper is often made of pulp stripped from virgin timber, rather than recycled paper.

Question 7 of 15

Which of these organizations provides a certification for wallpaper made of recycled materials?

Forest Stewardship Council

The Forest Stewardship Council is an environmental organization that monitors the production, collection, and treatment of wood.

Greenpeace

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 8 of 15

Approximately how many sheets of paper does the average American office worker use per year?

100

1000

10000

Americans waste an astounding amount of paper. The average office worker uses more than 10,000 sheets per year.

Question 9 of 15

Americans consume how many trees per person, per year?

one tree per person

On average, every American consumes the equivalent of one 100-foot Douglas fir tree. It's not a trend we can maintain too much longer.

three trees per person

five trees per person

Question 10 of 15

What percentage of paper do Americans recycle?

25 percent

50 percent

75 percent

Americans do recycle a lot of the paper they use -- about 50 percent.

Question 11 of 15

How much of the cardboard Americans use do they recycle?

50 percent

72 percent

Cardboard is very often recycled; more than 70 percent of the cardboard used in America finds new life.

88 percent

Question 12 of 15

Which of these has the highest rate of recycling?

paper

cardboard

newspaper

While we recycle about 50 percent of the paper we use, and about 70 percent of the cardboard we use, we recycle a whopping 88 percent of the newspapers we produce.

Question 13 of 15

Which of these products is made entirely of recycled paper?

napkins

V2 tiles

The company Mio makes V2 tiles, which are a kind of textured wallpaper tile made entirely of recycled paper.

paper plates

Question 14 of 15

Pallas textiles has begun making wallpaper out of recycled what?

phonebooks

Pallas textiles recycles between 50 and 70 percent of the paper in Japanese phonebooks into wallpaper.

newspapers

schoolbooks

Question 15 of 15

Among the most unlikely materials for making wallpaper is which of these Trend USA products?